Legal Opinion
Application of Robert J. Harry
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 9, 1964No. Patent Appeal 7168PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of all claims of ap<-plication serial No. 703,056, filed December 16, 1957, for “Cranes.”
The invention is a soaking pit crane for use in placing steel ingots in and removing them from a soaking pit. The. problem alleged to have been met with- and solved by appellant was that the-soaking pit cranes in use required a lot. of headroom and consequently a building-with a high roof. He modified existing soaking pit cranes to require less headroom.
Cranes of this type, typified by the-principal…
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